Systems and methods for determining a parameter relating a tire-to-road contact and/or a relation between a wheel and a vehicle motion
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1. Method for determining at least one of a coefficient of friction and a tire stiffness of a tire, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a plurality of vehicle parameters said vehicle parameters comprising vehicle motion parameters,determining said at least one of the coefficient of friction and the tire stiffness from a relationship defined by at least two of said vehicle parameters using estimation filtering procedures;
characterized in that the estimation filtering procedures comprise the steps of;
defining a set of data bins corresponding to intervals which are defined for values of at least two of said vehicle parameters, respectively,continuously determining an actual value of a first one of said at least two vehicle parameters and selecting the data bins corresponding to said actual value of the first one of said at least two vehicle parameters and updating and storing values of the first one of said at least two vehicle parameters and of a second one of said at least two vehicle parameters in said selected data bins, respectively, and/orcontinuously determining an actual value of the second one of said at least two parameters and selecting the data bins corresponding to said actual value of the second one of said at least two vehicle parameters and updating and storing values of the second one of said at least two vehicle parameters and of the first one of said at least two vehicle parameters in said selected data bins, respectively.
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Abstract
The present invention refers to systems and to methods for determining at least one parameter relating to a tire-to-road contact and/or a relation between a wheel and a vehicle motion. In particular, the present invention refers to systems and to methods for determining the coefficient of friction between a tire and a road surface. For that purpose, the systems and methods according to the invention use new estimation filtering procedures.
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1. Method for determining at least one of a coefficient of friction and a tire stiffness of a tire, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a plurality of vehicle parameters said vehicle parameters comprising vehicle motion parameters, determining said at least one of the coefficient of friction and the tire stiffness from a relationship defined by at least two of said vehicle parameters using estimation filtering procedures; characterized in that the estimation filtering procedures comprise the steps of; defining a set of data bins corresponding to intervals which are defined for values of at least two of said vehicle parameters, respectively, continuously determining an actual value of a first one of said at least two vehicle parameters and selecting the data bins corresponding to said actual value of the first one of said at least two vehicle parameters and updating and storing values of the first one of said at least two vehicle parameters and of a second one of said at least two vehicle parameters in said selected data bins, respectively, and/or continuously determining an actual value of the second one of said at least two parameters and selecting the data bins corresponding to said actual value of the second one of said at least two vehicle parameters and updating and storing values of the second one of said at least two vehicle parameters and of the first one of said at least two vehicle parameters in said selected data bins, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Method for determining at least one of a coefficient of friction and a tire stiffness of a tire, wherein a control unit:
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receives first signals from sensors representing a plurality of parameters related to a vehicle motion, receives second signals from a memory representing a relationship defined by at least two parameters relating to at least one of the tire and the vehicle motion, transmits third signals to at least one filter representing a definition of a set of data bins corresponding to intervals which are defined for values of said at least two parameters, transmits fourth signals to the at least one filter representing a determination of an actual value of at least one of a first one and a second one of said at least two parameters, receives fifth signals from said at least one filter representing updated and stored values of the first one of said at least two parameters and of the second one of said at least two parameters in data bins, respectively, which data bins have been selected by the at least one filter on basis of the fourth signals. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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